"Although my orders only required me to observe you, you turned out to be like this... You made me waste a lot of time." The woman sneered, tossing the dagger aside and drawing another long blade from behind her.
Beneath her thin shirt, no one knew where the woman's blade had come from, because everyone who encountered her had died.
Had that act between this woman and that man been fake?
Orders...
Mirai caught that keyword and almost immediately found the crux of the matter.
A Konoha operative!
ANBU?
Mirai didn't care. No matter who she was, since she wanted to kill him, he naturally wouldn't let her succeed!
Dance of Three Suns and Moon! Three identical women appeared, each wielding a long blade. Two came at him from the sides, while one lingered in the center.
"Was killing that man just a feint, so you could use a Shadow Clone beforehand? And this barrier is... Gekko Hayate's unique technique?! That man was..." Mirai frowned, his mind racing, but the long blade in his hand never stopped.
Pfft! Pfft!
Mirai's blade was swift and sharp. He easily killed the two women attacking from the sides, but they had clearly only been clones.
"Ha!"
As Mirai beheaded the clone on his left, his blade became stuck and could not be pulled free. The woman in the center descended upon him from above. Her blade gleamed brightly, like a flame—but a particularly deadly one.
"Now!"
Mirai snorted coldly. His eyes flickered, and in an instant, he appeared behind the woman!
Without hesitation, he placed his long blade against the woman's neck and said in a low voice, "That's it!"
"Is it?" The woman turned back with a smile, then vanished into a puff of white smoke.
Another Shadow Clone!
"Oh no!" Mirai